"Off guard" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... her, then?" The question caught Eben off guard, and his face suddenly flushed. Grimsby smiled. "She came up with you, on your last ...
— Jess of the Rebel Trail • H. A. Cody
... and the latter poses for motives he has not. So complex is human nature that this can be done by a good actor so as to deceive the judgment and feelings; but the influence will ultimately reveal the truth, if the auditor will use intuition and not be taken off guard by the psychic influence of a strong will bent on ...
— Expressive Voice Culture - Including the Emerson System • Jessie Eldridge Southwick
... in prison a month before the opportunity for his escape occurred. For a month he had been hewing stone in Portland, black despair at his heart. Then, like lightning, he saw his chance and took it. The warders were off guard for a moment. Hastily lifting ...
— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 • Various |
